Oscar Apfel
Date of birth: 1878-01-16
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Oscar C. Apfel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. Apfel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After a number of years in commerce, he decided to adopt the stage as a profession. He secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown. He rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America.[1] He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911–12, where he made the innovative short film The Passer-By (1912). He also did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison Talking Pictures devices. After many years as a director, he gradually returned to acting. On March 21, 1938, Apfel died in Hollywood from a heart attack.
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Trouble in Morocco
1937-03-09
A newspaperman Paul Cluett (Jack Holt) gets rival reporter Linda Lawrence (Mae Clark) to admit that
Five Star Final
1931-09-26
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a se
Hot Saturday
1932-10-28
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful su
Are We Civilized?
1934-06-05
1934 drama of man's inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin C
High Pressure
1932-01-10
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company"
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935-08-03
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match wit
Hell's Highway
1932-09-23
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evenin
Symphony of Six Million
1932-04-29
A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When
Bondage
1933-04-22
Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution,
Inspiration
1931-01-31
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include
The Last Alarm
1926-06-15
Firemen Tom and Joe each loves the other's sister, although neither is able to support a wife. Tom's
The Toast of New York
1937-07-22
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, a
Big Business Girl
1931-06-12
A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfrie
The Man Who Played God
1932-02-09
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafe
Before Dawn
1933-08-04
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying
The Impatient Maiden
1932-03-01
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
The Heart of New York
1932-03-26
A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighbo
Pick-up
1933-03-24
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caug
Rainbow's End
1935-07-16
A rancher's son finds himself helping another rancher who is at odds with his father--all because of
The Nut Farm
1935-03-24
Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but
Shadows of the Orient
1935-07-06
A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"
Way Back Home
1931-11-13
A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
Murder at Glen Athol
1936-02-27
A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over
The Virtuous Sin
1930-10-24
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
Two Against the World
1932-09-03
A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.
Romance in Manhattan
1935-01-11
Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New Yor
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932-04-02
Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an eng
Bulldog Edition
1936-09-13
Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gan
The Bridge of Sighs
1936-02-14
Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative
The Fire-Trap
1935-11-26
An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are
The Best Man Wins
1935-01-14
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work b
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance com
Crimson Romance
1934-10-12
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria
The Bowery
1933-10-07
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had g
One Man's Journey
1933-08-31
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have
The Finger Points
1931-04-11
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on g
Crack-Up
1936-12-14
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
Whirlpool
1934-04-10
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932-01-09
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is
Men in Her Life
1931-11-10
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging f
His Night Out
1935-10-01
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he get
State's Attorney
1932-05-20
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom
I Am a Thief
1934-11-24
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
True Heaven
1929-02-17
Phillip Gresson is in the employ of the British secret service, while heroine Judith is a spy for th
Fifteen Wives
1934-07-15
Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartm
Death Flies East
1935-02-28
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decid
Abraham Lincoln
1930-11-08
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining cha
Man Trouble
1930-08-24
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love
Hold the Press
1933-10-25
When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting of a
Tomorrow at Seven
1933-06-01
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".
Huckleberry Finn
1931-08-07
A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while H
The Plot Thickens
1936-12-11
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the c
Sidewalks of New York
1931-09-26
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) b
Skyscraper Souls
1932-07-16
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his
Party Wire
1935-04-27
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy
Wild Company
1930-07-05
The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
The Story of Temple Drake
1933-05-06
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out,
We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sente
Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
36 Hours to Kill
1936-07-24
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a
It's a Great Life
1929-12-06
Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As
Not Quite Decent
1929-07-02
On her way to New York for her first stage appearance, Linda Cunningham meets Mame Jarrow, a nightcl
The Menace
1932-01-29
A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
Half Way to Heaven
1929-12-14
Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "f
Employees' Entrance
1933-02-11
Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thin
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant cel
Mary Jane's Pa
1935-04-27
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following e
You Said a Mouthful
1932-12-08
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When
Liliom
1930-09-27
A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the you
Our Blushing Brides
1930-07-19
Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while
Take the Stand
1934-08-07
A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets
The Yellow Ticket
1931-10-30
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
Shopworn
1932-03-25
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
Bordertown
1935-01-23
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
Call Her Savage
1932-11-24
A high-spirited and short-tempered Texan woman storms her way through life until her luck runs out,
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935-09-25
"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals
The Woman in Room 13
1932-05-15
Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a busines
The World and the Flesh
1932-04-22
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brut
Quick Millions
1931-04-17
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally
Madame Spy
1934-02-10
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigne
That Girl from Paris
1936-12-31
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her j
Emergency Call
1933-06-24
A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
A Successful Calamity
1932-09-17
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wil
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis
Street of Chance
1930-02-08
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with th
Angel of Mercy
1939-05-20
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934-07-13
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the
Marianne
1929-08-24
At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she
Misbehaving Ladies
1931-04-16
Ellen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is preparing to
And Sudden Death
1936-06-16
An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the tw
Madame Racketeer
1932-07-23
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in
Attorney for the Defense
1932-05-21
A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent ma
The Road to Reno
1931-09-25
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who
Carnival
1935-02-15
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves
Helping Grandma
1931-01-03
The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids t
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930-10-10
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position
Blondie of the Follies
1932-09-01
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie
The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles awa
The Texan
1930-05-10
Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
You Bring the Ducks
1934-11-24
Irvin takes the governor on a duck hunting trip in the hopes of securing a plumb job, but his annoyi
The Right to Love
1930-12-27
A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.
Fifty Roads to Town
1937-06-03
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the
Wicked
1931-10-04
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband
Back to Nature
1936-08-14
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with
Every Saturday Night
1936-03-13
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through
The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928-02-19
Story of revenue agent Tom Mallory, who wagers that he can catch a gang of rum runners operating fro
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
The Big Shakedown
1934-01-06
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate kn
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935-12-10
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the d
The Perfect Tribute
1935-08-15
The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier
Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and
Another Face
1935-12-20
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new
Born to Gamble
1935-07-09
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
The Bargain
1931-07-23
A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.
Conspiracy
1930-08-10
Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their father'
Romance of the Underworld
1928-11-10
When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's p
Beloved
1934-01-22
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
When a Feller Needs a Friend
1932-04-30
A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.
Sooky
1931-12-26
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who l
It Happened One Day
1934-07-07
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
You Said a Hatful!
1934-10-13
When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banke
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929-07-22
A pretty, young violinist who travels from Ireland to America to seek fame and fortune on Broadway f
The House of Rothschild
1934-04-07
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued b
White Lies
1935-12-27
A powerful publisher John Mitchell whose pursuit of sensational headlines at the expense of all else
The Sporting Chance
1925-07-21
Pat Winthrop becomes engaged to Bob Shelby, a southerner who owns Kentucky Boy, a horse entered in t
Perils of the Coast Guard
1926-03-01
When Coast Guard Captain Tom Norris, at Point Lobos, Maine, save Natalie Aldridge from drowning, a r